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It was the same as the person prior to me, I have been applying for so many jobs with dead ends. I signed up for flexjobs.com and then an email, from this person came across. Stating avail positions for Administrative Assistant, Customer Service Rep, Business Development Manager, Accounting Clerk, Strategy Consultant, Data/Business Analyst. I told them I was interested in the Strategy Consultant role, which after a 2-week training period paying $20/hr would transfer into a full-time position making $30/hr. We scheduled a Microsoft Teams interview, which I thought was going to be a call. It was actually a text chat with a "John Gate" ([email protected] -- a different domain than the real company) which seemed very automated. I was asked standard interview questions and wasn't given a chance to ask them anything about their company. At that point, I sent an email to the company's home office in Greece in both English and Greek asking if this person was affiliated with the company. I never heard back. I was told I got the job about half an hour later, and sent paperwork to fill out. The paperwork seemed quite legitimate and included a contract, personal information form, and bank direct deposit form. I was told I needed to fill it out by end of day the next day. I was also told that training would start the next day at 8:00 AM. Training that day was delivered by email and consisted of: "Write short notes on the following 1. Conducting Market Analysis: Identifying Trends and Opportunities 2. Competitor Analysis: Understanding the Competitive Landscape Have it completed and attached to me via WORD. Time: 2 hours Minimum of 2 and half pages" I wrote a market analysis of the company and its competitive landscape and sent it over. After that, I finally confronted "John" and said that I was concerned about the opportunity. I pointed out that I had not talked to a human the entire time, didn't have concrete proof that this person worked for the company, and was aware that scams of this nature are quite prevalent. I have not received any communication since. Thankfully, I didn't hand over any personal information except for my first and last name, and home address.